Lung Cancer:
Lung Cancer Symptoms, Treatment Options for Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer, News Information on Lung Cancer.
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Jan 23rd, 2010
Mid-century film icon Jean Simmons' passed away in her home in Santa Monica from lung cancer. She was 80 years old.
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Jan 13th, 2010
Drinking one cup of green tea daily is now found to reduce the risk of developing lung cancer for smokers and non-smokers. Compared to individuals who smoke and do not consume the popular beverage, the risk of developing lung cancer was increased according to the study findings.
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Dec 9th, 2009
A study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center indicates that pistachios may be helpful in reducing the risk of lung cancer, while two other studies report that these healthy nuts may lower cardiovascular risk. Results of the MD Anderson Cancer Center study were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers Cancer Prevention Research Conference.
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Dec 8th, 2009
Bryant Gumbel, host of HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryan Gumbel,” announced on “Live! With Regis & Kelly” on December 8 that he has lung cancer and that he had surgery two months ago to remove a malignant tumor and part of his lung. Gumbel required some follow-up treatment after the surgery to treat aggressive lung cancer cells that had extended beyond the tumor.
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Nov 2nd, 2009
A quick questionnaire administered in a doctor’s office can identify people who are at high risk for lung cancer.
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Sep 29th, 2009
Approximately 10 percent of people who have lung cancer never smoked, and the mystery is why these individuals - mostly women - develop this disease. A new Web-based clinical trial run by researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is inviting people who have lung cancer and who never smoked to help them find the answer.
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Sep 26th, 2009
Hormone replacement therapy, already linked to increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease and stroke, nearly doubles a woman's risk of dying from lung cancer.
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Aug 28th, 2009
Drug giants Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer Inc. are joining forces on a project designed to match a genetic test (from Abbott Molecular, a unit of Abbott Labs) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a new drug to treat it. According to the American Cancer Society, 80 to 90 percent of all cases of lung cancer are the non-small cell type.
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Jul 28th, 2009
The cause of lung cancer in never-smokers is poorly understood, but a study has identified a molecule believed to play an early and important role in its development.
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Jul 25th, 2009
A new study, published in the in the International Journal of Cancer, looks at lung cancer and may change the common practice of removing both ovaries when a hysterectomy is done. It has become common to remove both ovaries as a way to prevent ovarian cancer.